Clothes-wringer.



No. 709,628. Patented Sept. 23, |902. E. B. (AY.l

CLOTHES WRINGEB.

(Application filed Jan. 2, 1902.) (No Model.)

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CLOTl-IES-WRINGER.

brECIIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,628, datedSeptember 23, 1 902.

Application iiled January 2, 1902, Seria-l No. 88,118. (No model.) y

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Be it known that I, ELMER B. GAY, a citi zen of the United States,residing at vVoonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Vringers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes-wringers,aiid has forits general object to provide a wringer embodying such a constructionthat when it is desired to wring but a portion of a garment-such, forinstance, as the body of a shirt-withont subjecting the remainderthereof to the action of the wringing-rolls the saine can be quickly andeasily accomplished.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood fromthe following` description and claim when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a view illustrating myimproved wringer in front elevation and the mode of using the same whenbut a portion of a garment is to be wrung; Fig. 2, an enlargedlongitudinal section; Fig. 3, an end view, partly in elevation andpartly in section; Fig. 4, a perspective view of one of the slidablebearings of the upper roll,'and Fig. 5 comprises perspective views ofthe guards for preventing lubricant from getting on the pieces of fabricincident to the passage of the pieces between the rolls.

In said drawings similar letters of reference designate correspondingparts in all of the several views, referring to which- Ais the mainframe of myimproved wringer; B, the lower roll, having trunnions d d/ atits ends journaled in the upright ends of the frame and also having agear b and a crank c on the trunnion d; C, the upper roll, havingtrunnions CZ d and also having a gear e on trunnion ol intermeshed withthe gear b of the lower roll; D D, slides movable vertically inguidesfon the upright ends of the frame and constituting bearings forthe trunnions of the upper roll C; E, a spring engaging the slidablebearings D and having for its purpose to yieldingly press the roll Ctoward the roll B and against the piece of fabric interposed between thetwo, and Fa screw bearing in an upper cross-bar g of the frame andengaging the spring E, so that the pressure which the latter exerts onthe slidable bearings may be readily increased or diminished at thepleasure ofthe operator.

rlhe frame A is peculiar in that one of its upright ends-L1 e., thatremote from the in,- ternieshed gears b e-is made up of a lower portion7L and an upper portion /L entirely separated from each other by anopening or passage-Wayj, which, as best shown in Fig. 3, extendsthroughout the width of the upright end. The lower portion 71, affordsthe bearing for the trunnion d' of the lower roll B, and the upperportion i the guideway for the bearing of the trunnion d of the upperroll C, and hence it will bebbser'ved that when it is desired to passbut a portion of a garment or piece of fabric between the rolls, afterthe manner shown in Eig. l, to wring such portion the passage-way oropeningj` will admit of the passage through the :machine of the portionof the garment or piece of fabric which it is not desired to wringwithout liability of the latter portion coming in contact withtherol-ls.

For the purpose of preventing lubricant from getting on the garment orpiece of fabric incident to the passage of the same through thepassageway or opening j I provide the lower guard G, attached to thelower end portion h, and the upper guard H, attached to theright-handslide-bearing D. The adjacent faces of these guards are preferably con-Vex, Fig. 3, and consequently they are calculated to serve theadditional function of facilitating the passage of the garment or pieceof fabric through the openiugj and preventing tearing of the same.

In practice when it is desired to wring all of a garment or piece offabric the same is passed between the rolls by the turning of the latterin the ordinary well-known manner. In this connection myimproved wringerwill be found to be equally as efficient as those extant.

Vhen it is desired to pass but a portion of a garment or piece of fabricbetween the rolls, the rolls are turned in the usual manner; but thegarment or piece of fabric is manipulated in the peculiar manner showninFig. l-1. e.,

the operator holds the garment or piece of fabric so that the portion tobe wrung is presented to and enabled to pass between the rolls, whilethe portion which it is not desired to wring extends through and beyondthe passage-wayj.

The practical advantages of my improvements will be better appreciatedwhen itis remembered that in handling shirts in laundries, the bosomshaving been starched, the bodies have to be dipped in w'ater and thenwrong out precedent to the ironing of the shirts. When the wringingisdone by hand, the hands of the operator are blistered, and frequently acareless twist results in the body being torn from the bosom. This isnot the case when the wringing of the bodies is accomplished through themedium of my improved machine, and, moreover, the body when it passesthrough the machine is uniformly damp, which is advantageous, since itconduces to the perfect laundering of the shirt.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exactunderstanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood asconfining myself to such specific construction and relative arrangementof parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice asfairly fall within the scope of my claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

A clothes-wringer comprising a frame having upright ends, one of whichis made up of a lower portion and an upper portion separated by a way oropening which extends throughout its width, guides on the upper portionsof the frame ends, a lower roll having trunnions jonrnaled in the lowerportions of the frame ends, spring-pressed, slidable bearings arrangedin the guides on the upper portions of the frame ends, an upper rollhaving trunnions jonrnaled in said bearings, a guard connected to thelower portion of the sectional frame end and resting overone trunnion ofthe lower roll and having an upper convex face, a guard connected to andmovable with one slide-bearing and resting below one trunnion of theupper roll, and having a convex lower face, and gearing connecting therolls whereby power applied to one will turn both.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ELMER B. AY. Vitnesses:

HENRY J. WHITAKER, GEO. W. SPAULDING.

